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Shane Victorino (born 1980), baseball player for the Boston Red Sox. (Portuguese, Hawaiian and Japanese)
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Mary Costa (born 1930), American singer and actress, who is best known for providing the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney film, Sleeping Beauty. She is also a professional opera singer. (Music)
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Ben Nighthorse Campbell, former U.S. Senator, mother was an immigrant from Portugal (Politics)
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Vic Seixas, Jr., (born 1923), E. Victor Seixas, Jr. Hall of Fame tennis star who won Wimbledon in 1953 and the U.S. Open Championship in 1954.
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Katy Perry (born 1984), singer and songwriter, of German, English and Portuguese descent, more specifically "Azorean" with roots in Horta, Faial, disclosed the Huffington Post. According to the source, Katy Perry, who was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, adopted "Perry" from her mother's maiden name of "Pereira". "The Perry branch of her family is of Portuguese origin (more specifically, Azorean). Three of her great-great-grandparents hailed from the Azores and it's Horta that gets the bragging rights for her Perry origins" — writes the Huffington Post. In most instances, the name "Perry" is the anglicization of "Pereira" a very common Portuguese surname which translates to "pear tree." (Music)
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Davey Lopes (born 1945), former star w/ LA Dodgers. (Cape Verdean / Black African, Portuguese and Irish)
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